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Evolutionary biology

at high mutation rates a lineage on a flatter fitness peak outcompetes one on a higher but narrower peak.

In evolutionary biology, survival of the flattest refers to at high mutation rates a lineage on a flatter fitness peak outcompetes one on a higher but narrower peak. This meaning comes from Wilke (2001) in Nature.[1]

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References

Wilke, C. O., Wang, J. L., Ofria, C., Lenski, R. E., & Adami, C. (2001). Evolution of digital organisms at high mutation rates leads to survival of the flattest. Nature, 412(6844), 331-333. https://doi.org/10.1038/35085569

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